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Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L |
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| Authors: | T. M. Fenchel C. P. McRoy J. C. Ogden P. Parker W. E. Rainey |
| Abstract: | A postgastric, fermentative breakdown of structural plant tissue was demonstrated for green turtles. About 90% cellulose was hydrolyzed. Bacterial and protozoan numbers compared with those of the rumen. |
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